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UNITED STATE-s 1,663,978 PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL M. Emana, 'or 'NEW Yoan, n. Y., auncnannns MAKEMEYER, oFPATnRsoN, Nav/"JERSEY, Assienons, 'BY MEVSNE AssrenMaN'Ts, To AMERICAN 'SAFETY MATCH CORPORATION, er' NEW YORK, n. fr., n 4con-rciaii'rr'o`1v' or DELAWARE.

fMATiCH-SPLINT MACHINE.

"Amance-tion sieaianuary 15, 1926. serial Ns. siate.

Our invention relates to improvements in match splint machines of the kind used in cutting match splints orsticks from veneer 'stock Which is :prepared in long lengths, With the thickness V"corresponding 'to the desired thickness 'of the splint, and with thevvidth corresponding to the length of the splint.

It is an almost universal vpractice now tol impregnate match splintsin a solution which :prevents them from coaling and dropping coals, and fin the usual practice Where splints aie cut 'from veneer, the splints are cut green, delivered en Amasse into an impregnating tank,then put through a drier, then cleaned, and finally straight-ened and either packed or inserted vin a dipping machine which puts the firing composition on the ends ofthe splints.n These various yoperations entail a-'great deal of handling of the splints, Which -is expensive, and a most serious objection is that inthe various handlings many splints are destroyed, broken, or in some Way lost. This is vvery vimportant now because timber has become so expensive. The'object of our invention is to produce a machine which will cut out many of the operations, Will simplify the handling of the stock during its process: yof manufacture into splints, and will deliver better splints ready lfor lpac-king or dipping.

In consonance with this idea We have evolved a vmachine which carries out the continuous process, that -is the lstrips of veneer are yfirst out oft' square, then carried forward YWhile still in the strip through an impreg- 'nating bath, then through means for getting rvrid of the surplus Water and resinous matter, and vforcing the impregnating solution Well into the stock, then drying thoroughly the veneer strips or stock, then cutting it into splints and at the saine time blowing away the slivers and dust, and finally straightening thesplints in trays ready' to be inserted either in a match dipping machine or Ain a packing case as desired. In carrying this operation into effect, our invention is adapted l:to do all the aforesaid Work Without any handling except to direct. the veneer stock into the machine and t-ake away the finished splints. Furthermore, it is desirable to have the splints cut square in order that 'they may make a good apperance When in the match, and our invention is adapted to cut a better splint than those cut in the ordinary ways.

.Our invention is alsoy intended to provide an improved. splint receiving magazine which oscillatcs in tivo directions, and which 'is constructed and arranged so that the splints Will 4be quickly-and nicely straightened in their receiving trays, and furthermore, to arrange the hopper which delivers the splints lto the receiving trays or magazines so that it can be shifted to discharge the ysplints into either magazine, to the Vend that one'magazine may be filled While the other 1s being emptied. The foregoing and other advantages Will 'appear from the description Which follows.

end yportion of the machine, being the end in which the stock is inserted.

Figure la isa broken side elevation of the discharge end Vof the machine, being a continuation of Figure 1.

Figure 2 is a plan View of the front end of the machine.

Figure 9. is a ,planview of the discharge end of the machine.

Figure 3 is an end View of the front or receiving end lof the machine.

Figure iis a broken section on :the line 4 4 of yFigure 3.

Figure 5 is a cross section on the line 5 5 ofy Figure 4. taken through the iinpregnating tank or bat-h.

Figure 6 vis abroken 'enlarged detail longitudinal sect-ion showing particularly the means for discliargingthe stock or veneer from the impregna-ting bath, wringing and drying the stock.

Figure 7 is a cross section on the line 7 #7 ofFigure 6.

Figure 8 is a cross section showing the arrangement of the feed rolls for feeding the stock.

Figure 9 is a plan view partly in section of the rear or discharge end of the machine.

Figure 10 is a section on the line 10-10 of Figure 9. y

Figure 11 is an end View looking at the discharge -end of the machine.

Figure 12 is a `side elevation of the dis'- charge end of the machine.

Figure 13 is ay view similar to Figure 10 but showing a modification.

Figure 14 is a section on the line 14-14 of Figure 13. Figure 15 is a broken enlarged detail view 'illustrating the vmeans for blowing thepfinely 4the veneer stock and a splint separated therefrom.

The drawings are by way of example and show a preferredand practical means of.

carrying our invention into effect, but it will be understood that in a machine of this character many of the elements are themselves old, and other equivalent things can be substituted for them; but the important thing is the generalorganization and arrangement of parts, though some of these are claimed in detail. Many parts can be substituted for those shown, however, Without affecting the invention. y i

Match splints of the kind referred to are usually cut from veneer stock 10 which comes `in the form of sheets, the width corresponding to the length of they match splint 11, and the thickness corresponding to the thickness of the splint, and the strips are cut into splints which are ultimatelyV made into matches. These strips in the factory usually come in the form of rolls 12, although the strips can be used in the machine if not rolled, and in practice the strips which are not rolled are fed through the machine precisely as they are fed from the roll. The greater part of the stock comes'rolled, however, and the rolls 12 can be conveniently mounted on a spindle 13 which is carried by a suitable supporting bracket 14, the latter being attached lto one of the upright-s 15 which support the greater part of the machine body or bed, and obviously .can be of any suitable or preferred design.

As the stock is fed into the machine it is pushed over the table 16 which is mounted on a suitable support 17, and which has guideways 18 to keep the stock straight. The forward edges of thc stock are pushed beneath knives 19 so that they may be cut olf square and preventany slivered splints from being cut. This is not usual in splint machines. The knives 19 can be operated in any convenient way, and other knives can be substituted, but as shown `the knives are guided in a supporting bracket 20, and each Vknife has a shank 21, and is normally raised by a spring 22 arrangedv between the button 23 on the top of the shank and the top of the bracket 20. As the front edge of the stock comes beneath the knife 19,`the latter is pushed down kso as to square the stock, and the sliver drops out of the way.

After being squared the stock is entered in the guide chutes 24 and inserted in the guide-ways 25 which are formed between the Y Y upper and lower blocks or members 26 and 27, these being supported one above the other on a bed 28, and the latter being carried by one of the supports 15. The members 26 and 27 are recessed as shown at 29 and 30 to provide for the feed rollers 31 and32 which are arranged in a general Vway after the usual manner of feed rollers, and the shafts of the upper and lower. rollers are geared together as shown at 33 in Figure 8. kThe rollers can have brads 311 thereon to better grip the stock. -This'construction is also shown clearly in Figure 4.

The feed rollers can be driven in any suitable way, but we have shown the shaft of the lower rollers 32 connecting by miter gears 34 and 35 with a shaft 36 which runs longitudinally along'one side of the machine and drives the several feed rollers whichV will be hereinafter referred to.- In this connection it will be noticed that the construction just described and shown in Figures 4 and 8 is typical of the several sets of these rollers, so Ythat the description of one set answers for all.k The upper member 26 which carries the upperfeedrollers 31 is removable, as vthe upper rollers must be floating rollers in order to provide for variation burn without coaling and without dropping coals. As applied to our improvements the tank is disposed so as to keep the solution circulated and stirred, properly heated, and particularly so that the stock will bevearried through flat and straight without bending, as the stock is sometimes brittle and easily broken. The tank is therefore a double tank comprising a main tank part 39 and a pan 41 supported in the tank above the normal level oft-he liquid, this pan having tracks 40 therethrough to guide the stock 10 and hold it fla-t and straight. The pan is slottedat the ends as shown at 42 to regulate the stock,

and the main tank is also provided withv suitable end slots-for the passage of the stock.Y The solution can be kept warm, in

any convenient way, and we have shown a steam pipe 43 (see Figures 4 and 6) entering the tank and controlled by a valve 44. 'As the stock leaves the tank (see Figure 6) it passes between the wringing rollers 46 and 47 which are placed above and below the stock so as to impinge upon it, the lower roller being mounted in a bracket 48, and the upper roller being pivoted in a. bracket 49 which is p-ivoted as at 50,and is pressed down by the spring 51. These wringing rollers serve to squeeze the surplus liquid from the stock and also force the liquid well into it so as to afford better impregnation. The liquid which is squeezed from the stock falls into the pan 52, and from t-his passes' out through a pipe 53 to a tank l54, the latter having a pipe which lconnects with a pump 56 (see Figure 4) and the pipe 55 also has a connection with the tank 39 th-rough the pipe 57, while the liquid passing from the pipe 55 through the pump 56 is discharged through the pipe 58 and branchv pipes 59 (see Figures 4 and 5) into the pan 41. The object of the pipe 57 is to provide for circulation in case there is' not much yliquid in the tank 54.

The liquid supplied to the pan 41 overflows the pan and flows out vthrough the slots 42 and is thus kept thoroughly circulated, and distributed to the stock l0 in condition for quick action. After leaving the tank 'the stock is held fiat and dried as quickly as possible, and attention is here called to the fact that in impregnating the stock in sheet form and drying it quickly, several advantages over the ordinary practice are obtained. First the stock is not immersed for any great `length of time and is quickly dried so that it is whiter than when the splints are treatedV in the ordinary way. Further, the method of immersing, wringing, and quickly drying the stock while fiat, seems to affect the resinous qualities of the stock, so that cheaper woods can be used than where the usual practice is followed' of cutting the sticks or jsplints and then dipping and drying them.

It is essential to keep the stock flat and straight so that it will not warp or twist throughout the process, and therefore after leaving the immersing tank it is carried over vthe flat drier 52 to the cutter. :In this connection attent-ion is called to the fact that the arrangement of blocks 26, 27, 26, 27 26a and 27 a, with their feed rollers 31', 32', are disposed at necessary intervals along the machine, as at A, B, C and D. It is not, therefore, necessary to describe :each set of rolls. The drier 52 has a. flat top with tracks 53 to guide the stock, and the drier has a steam chamber 54 extending throughout its length, and at intervals vertically through the drier are air lues 55 through which 'air is blown from the pipes 56' ar-y ranged lbelow the drier. )Ve find it advantageous to have the air blown across and through the stock so as to quickly carry away the vapor. The several pipesl 56 have air openings 57 near the bottom, and each is provided wit-h a fan 58 operated by a motor 59 or equivalent (see Figures 6 and 7). These independent air forcing devices are arranged all along the under side of the --dri'er, and while the air might be forced through in other ways, it is an advantage to have independent air supplying units, as owing to the differences in stock and atmospheric conditions, it is sometimes desirable to use all of them, while at other times a part of Vthem suiiices. The steam is supplied and exhausted to and from the chamber 54 by the pipes 60 and v60.

After passing the drier the stock is buffed if desired, slitted if necessary, and cut into splints. As a matter of convenience we have shown along the end of the machine a shaft 6l which is really an extension of the shaft 36 and is `connected to it by gears 62 (see Figure 2a). After leaving the drier the stock can if desired be bufi'ed to make it Very smooth, and a convenient way is to pass it between the bufling rollers 62 and 62 '(see Figures -9 and l0), and these can be 'drivenin any suitable way. )Ve have shown them as having the shaft 63 of one con-y nected with the shaft 61 by gears 64 and 65, andthe rolls can be geared together as usual, las for example like the feed rolls 31-32. I-f each stock strip is wide enough to make several match strips, they can be slitted to make a plurality of such strips, and to this end, as in Figures 9 and l0 we have shown the shaft 63 provided with a sprocket wheel 66 and connecting with a chain 67 with the sprocket wheel 68 on the lshaft 69 working i'n conjunction with a shaft 70, the latter carrying slittingrdiscs 71 to operate with :similar members on the shaft '69, and thus slit the stock. This arrangement is not described with great detail, because it is a common slitting device, and some other type can be substituted for it if desired. If the stock strips 10 as they leave the drier are each of a width to be cut into splints, it is not necessary to use the slitter, and in Figures 13 Vand 141 have 'shown the cutting mechanism used without either slittcrs or buffers In this case the stock is delivered directly from the final blocks 26, 27 which are similar to the corresponding parts in Figures 9 and 10, and are like those already described except that the lower. block is slightly prolonged as shown in Figures 10 and 13 for convenience of cutting. The stock as it is pushed over the edge of the block 27 is sheared into splints by the rapidly reciprocating knives 72. f Other types of cutters can be used, but we prefer 'to yuse 'the reciprocating -cutters as lthey cut the matches square and smooth, which yis desirable.

In the type of cutter shown the knives are secured to the cross head 7 8 which slides up and down in the guide frame 74, and the cross head connects by a link 75 with an operating eccentric 76 on the shaft 37 which j is journaled in the top of the frame 74, and can be driven in any suitable manner as for instance by a pulley 78 and belt 79 (see Figure 11). To provide for clean splints without dust and slivers, the end of the block 27 (see Figures 10 and 13) is provided with vertical grooves 80 widest at the bottom and inclined towards the top which discharge near the knives 72 and register with corresponding grooves 81 in a face plate 82 which is attached to the block 27 so thatlas the splints are cut the blast of air which is supplied through the flue 88 connecting with one of the pipes 56 or other source of air, blows the dust and slivers away and permits the splints 11 to drop into the hopper 84 which is open at the bottom. This air `blast can be regulated so as to have sufficient force to blow away the dust and slivers which are small and light, Without blowing` away the splints 11.

From the hopper 84 the cut splints are delivered into straightening and retaining A magazines 85 (see Figures 16 to 18). These magazines are arranged side by side, one being filled while the other is being taken away and emptied, and to this end the hopper 84 is made to slide laterally to bring it over either magazine, as best shown in Figure 11.' The side adjustment is easily obtained in the manner illustrated, in which the hopper is supported on a slide bar 86 which moves on bolts 87, entering slots 88 in the slide bar. The bar can be provided with suitable handles 89 at its ends, and thus by one of the handles the hopper can be easily moved to register with a desired magazine. The cutting mechanism is supported on upriQ'hts 90, and these are attached to the table 91 forming a continuation of the main machine, Vbut obviously the frame structure is unimportant.

rFhe magazines 85 into which the splints are delivered by the hopper 84, are oscillated both laterally and longitudinally of the machine in order to shake the splints quickly into position, and this movement can be `given to the magazine in any approved way, but we have shown the manner in which the work has been'done, as this Vis satisfactory. As illustrated the magazines are moved in a laterally sliding bed 92 (see Figure 12) and the bases 93' slide on the bed 92 but at right anglesto the movement of the bed, the members 98A sliding in tracks 94 as shown in Figures 11, 12 and 18. Each magazine is formed of a couple of trays 95 arranged end to end, but one or more trays can be used 111 a machine, as obviously the length of the trays 18). The partitions 98 are spaced so thatV the. distance between them is less than the length of a match, and therefore when the tray is shakcnbackward and forward in two directions, the splints being held fromrescaping quickly assume parallel positions between the partitions. The parts 98, 98a and 98b form an inner tray which is provided` with a handle 99 projecting out-ward through corresponding openings 100 in the backs of the trays 95 and holder 97. rFhis holder engages the two end portions, the back and under sides of the trays 95, and one holder is made to engage and support the twotrays,

the side flanges 101 of the holder fitting nicely against the ends, while the upper portion of the side flanges isformed into spring members 101EL (see Figure 16) which serve to grip the trays. Each tray 95 is provided with a. handle 102 by which it can be moved about as desired, and the holder' 97 is provided with a handle 103 by which the magazine Yas a whole can be lifted or moved. Each magazine is also adapted to slide into position opposite the face plate 104 which rises perpendicularly, from the sliding bed 93, and which serves to prevent the displacement of the splints in one direction when the magazine is in position in the machine. In

Figure 11 we have shown one magazine in position to be filled, while the other has been removed. The magazine is also provided at its: ends with longitudinally extending han# dles 105 which can be dropped into engagement with hooks 106 carried by the bed 93.

If the magazine is to be emptied, it is lifted out of engagement with thevhooks 106 and pulled edgewise out of the machine, and as this Vis done the operator grasps the handle 108 and tilts the magazine so that the splints will not fall out ofthe front part after `the tray has been pulled away from the face plate 104. Either tray 95 can be handled by the handle 97, and each tray is emptied by bringing the front of the tray oppositethe place where the splints are to be deposited, and then pushing inward on the handle 99 which carries forward the backY plate 98a, and the splints can be deposited as usual from the holding tray.

Obviously the machine can bedriven in any suitable way, and the magazine can be shaken in any convenient manner, but as illll) lustrated the driving shaft 7 7 (see. Figure 11) is provided with a worm gear 107 connecting 111, and this through the gears. 112..-113.

(see Figure 9) drives the last set of stock feed rolls. The shaft 77 (see Figure 11) also drives through gears 1141. and. 115 the vertical shaft 116 Which connects by gears 11T-118 With the shaft 6l, and through. this With the shaft 36 already referred to. The. gearing driven from the shaft T7 is substantially included inthe casing 119.

The shaft 77 also connects. by gears 120 andv 121 With a vertical. shajit 1722, land this through gears 12B-121. (See F isere. 12')y` drives. the countershaft 125'. arranged below theA bed of the table 91. Theshaft 125 has an` eccentric 126 thereon. (see Figure 11.) and this throughA the link or pitman 1:27 connects with the arm4 128 on the under, side of the bed 92, thereby serving to'sliake the bed. Theshalft 125 is. also geared asl shown. at 129 to a trans.-y verse shaft 130 which carries a heart shaped cam 1,31 having a similarly shaped groove 132 in which runs the roller 133.011 the' lever 134, this. being pivotedto a bracket 135 and connecting at its freev endwith a link 136.

The latter is pivoted loosely ina boss or arm.

137 (see. Figure 12;) and has at. its freeend a 19.111138 adapted@ engage a hook 139 0n the bell crank lever 1 4() which is pivoted` at its elbow 141, and has-its upperfarm pivoted to a link 142which.- extends, along the. face ofthe plate 104.throughrtheleeper 143, and terminatesna hook .14e extensiling aroundy the front endl of the magazine; 8,5.. It Will be Seen that as the @amy wheel; 1,31 revolves, it will Oscillate the. lever 1344 andbell Crank 1.40, Slide the plate 93" b2.10.1marcl.l and. fOr- Ward, thuscarrying,themagazine 8 5,With it,l and when the magazine-1S to, be.` pulled out and released, or the driving connection broken, the-.md-.Qrilink 142.spu11ed'f0rward, thus tiltingthe bell Crank 1110 andy breaking the connection` between the, bell crank and:

the link 136. Ilt- Will, be seen-1 that in the form of magazine andev shaking mechanism described, the splints Will Ybe quicklyvstraiglitened and easily handled., andfit Will alsobeunderstood that the particular form, ot tray and mechanism can be departed` fronr Without aitecting the invention.

From the foregoing description it Willbe seen that With the macliinefdescribed the various vprocesses usually employed in the cutting of splints from green veneerare done away With, o r more correctly speaking, combined so that the stocky passesthrough lthe machine without handling except to insert it, that it is impregnatechdried, cut into splints, andthese arrangedfor packing.' It? will be further seen that lin this machineas described there is nochance for loss dueto separatehandling operations ofi the formed splints.

In the foregoing defseri,pton` We have.

referred to a machine. for cutting veneen strips into match splints, and thisl is the use tovvhich it has been put but it will ot' course beunderstood that the mach-ine may be used forl cutting paper or other suitable sheet stock into sticks, as Well as for cutting veneer.

Attention is. called to the fact that in handling veneer in the sheet, impregnating it in the sheet, and rol-ling it inthe sheet through the feed rollers, as described, theV stock'is virtually ironed or mangled, and during part of the time it is damp, with the result'that the fibers are straightened, the stool; is condensed,A the surfacey is made smooth so that a much better looking match 1. A machine for cuttingfWoodv veneers into. match splints, comprising an impregnating bath, means. for-guiding the stock through. the bath at an angle which; Will preventL breakingjthe stock, a drier for drying the veneer stock inl thestrip, al vcut-:ter for? cuttingl the s tocktransversely intoA indi'- vidual match splints, a,Y magazine to receive By this.

the splints., direct from the cutter, andy means 'for feeding the stock;v uninterruptedly. through Vand tothe aforesaid` elements.

2. A match splint machine for cutting WQOdveneers into splints, comprising, im-

pregnatingmeans toimpregnate the stockl inA the sheet,y a drier behind theJA impregnating rnean sav splint cutter to cut, the stock. transversely intoiindividual splints, and' means,

for. uninterruptedly feeding the veneer strips throughI the impregnatingmeans and. drier. to the splint cutter.

3. A `'match splint machine for cuttingA Woody veneers intor4 splints, comprising an impregnating tank, means forI guiding the veneer strips 'endto end through the impregnating tank, a drier for drying't'he strips, a`

splint cutter for severing the stock into indi',- vivdual splints, andi means for uninterruptedly feeding the stock" through the impregnating tank4 and drier to the splint y cut-ter. Y

4C. A machine for cut-ting Wood'. veneers into. match splints,- comprlsing an 1mpregnating tank, a drier, behind the tank"a splint.

cutter behind the drier, means. for guiding the veneer strips iiatwise and Without'twiisting through'. the tankr and over the drier., andi means for continuously feeding the sheet stock through the tank and4 drier. to the f splint. cutter.

5. A machine for cutting wood veneers into match splints comprising an impregnating tank, a drier behind the tank, a splint cutter behind the drier arranged to cut the stock transversely into individual splints, means for holding the stock submerged as it passes through the tank, and means for guiding the stock without twisting and at an angle which will prevent its breaking through the tank and drier, and means for uninterruptedly feeding the stock.

6. A machine for cutting wood veneers into match splints comprising an impregnating tank having guide tracks therein arranged to guide the sheet stock and hold it submerged at an angle which will prevent its breaking, a' drier behind the tank, a splint cutter for cutting the stock into individualrsplints, and means for feeding the stock Without twisting through the tank and drier to the splint cutter.

7 A match` splint machine comprising means for squaring the stock edge, an impregnating tank behind the squaring device, a drier behind the impregnating tank, a splint cutter, and means for feeding sheet stock through the edge squarer, the tank, and drier to the splint cutter.

8. A match splint cutter comprising a cutoff device to square the edge of the stock, an impregnating tank behind the cut-off device, a drier behind the impregnating tank, a match splint cutter behind the drier, and means for feeding sheet stock beneath the cut-off device and through the impregnating tank and drier to the splint cutter.v

9. A machine for cutting wood veneers into match splints comprising an impregnat-Y ing tank, a drier behind the tank, a splint cutter behind the drier, means for feeding the sheet veneer strips through'the tank and drier in untwisted condition and at an angle which will prevent the stock from breaking, and wringing rollers located between the tank and drier and between which the stock passes.

10. A machine for cutting wood veneers into match splints comprising an impregnating tank, a pan in the tank arranged to overiow into the tank, circulation pipes delivering from the tank to the pan, means for circulating liquid through said pipes, means for carrying stockthrough the pan and tank without material bending, means for drying the stockafter it leaves the tank, and means for cutting 'the stock into match splints.

11. In a machine for cutting wood veneers, the impregnating bath comprising a tank, a pan supported in and overflowing into the tank, means for vcarrying the veneer stock without. substantial bending through the tank and pan, and means for circulating liquid from tank to pan.

12. A machine for cutting'wood veneers into match splints, comprising an impregnating tank, a drierbehind the tank, splint tank, a drier behind the tank, a splint cutter behind the drier, means fork feeding the stock to and through the above elements, and

means for slitting the stock longitudinally,

during its passage through the machine. Y

14C. A machine for cuttting sheet stock into match splints, comprising an impregnating tank, a drier behind the tank, a splint cutter behind the drier, and a stock buffer between the drier and the splint cutter.

15. A machine for cutting sheet stock into match splints, comprising an impregnating tank, a drier behind the tank having a heated bed and independent flues and blowers discharging at different points upon the stock, a splint cutter behind the drier, and means for feeding the stock flatwise to and through the aforesaid elements. Y'

16. A machine for cutting wood into individual match splints comprising an impregnating tank, a drier behind the tank, a splint cutter behind thedrier to cut the strips transversely into individual splints,

means for feeding` the Veneer strips through the impregnating' tank and drierV to the splint cutter, a splint magazine arranged to receive the splints direct from the cutter, and means for straightening the splints in the magazine. v

17. A machine for cutting wood veneer .strips into individual match sticks, comprising an impregnating tank, a drier behind the tank, a 'splint cutter to cut the stockV transversely into individual splints, means for forcing sheet stock ilatwise'th'rough the impregnating tank and drier to the cutter, a splint receiving magazine into which the splints are delivered from the cutter, and means for shaking the magazine in two di rections to straighten the splints.

18. A machine for' cutting wood veneers into individual match splints comprising an impregnating tank, a drier behind the tank, a splint cutter having reciprocating knives, means for feeding the veneer. stock flatwis'e through the tank and drier to the splint cutter, al magazine below vthe cutter into which the severed splints are delivered, and means for straightening the splints as they are delivered in the magazine.

19. 'A machine for cutting wood veneer strips of a widthcorresponding to the length` of the match splints into individual'splints comprising the following instrumentalities arranged one behind the other; means for veneers squaring the stock ends; a sha-110W impregnating bath; means for guiding veneer stock atwise through the bath; a stock drier open t0 the air and arranged behind the bath; a cutter for cutting the stock into individual splints; a magazine to receive the out splints; means for guiding the out splints in parallel relation to the magazine, and means for feeding the stock continuously through the foregoing instrumentalities.

In testimony whereof, We have signed our names to this specification this 6th day ol January, 1926.

SAMUEL M. FRIEDE. CHARLES HAKEMEYER. 

